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by Josh Kalven
6:30pm
Tue Sep 29, 2009
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Watching The Kirk Weathervane

Mark Kirk

At his health care townhall in Northbrook today, GOP Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk received an off-topic question regarding his support earlier this summer for the House climate bill (which would curb carbon emissions via a cap-and-trade system).  In response, ...

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by Josh Kalven
2:35pm
Wed Sep 16, 2009
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Hinz On Kirk: "Who Knows What The Man Now Really Believes"

IL-U.S. Senate

Yesterday, we noted that Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk's latest explanation of his cap-and-trade position doesn't really jibe with what he told local media figures about the issue earlier this summer. Now he says that he supported the House bill because it represented ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:28am
Wed Sep 16, 2009
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All Flip-Flops Are Not Created Equal

Mark Kirk

Yesterday, we highlighted GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's recent explanation of his shifting position on cap-and-trade. Here's the short version: Kirk said that he voted in favor of the House bill earlier this year because it represented the "narrow interests" of his ...

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by Josh Kalven
4:24pm
Tue Sep 15, 2009
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Kirk Flip-Flops On His Own Flip-Flop

Election 2010

At a recent DuPage County GOP rally, U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk remarked that, if elected to the U.S. Senate, he would not repeat his vote in favor of cap-and-trade legislation because he would no longer be representing the "narrow interests" of the 10th Congressional ...

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by Angela Caputo
1:50pm
Thu Sep 10, 2009

"Unleashing The Power" Of Energy Efficiency

Energy

On Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats are reshuffling their list of priorities for the remainder of 2009. Among the issues that leaders like Illinois' own Dick Durbin are considering temporarily shelving is climate change legislation. Not surprisingly, the possibility of ...

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by Adam Doster
2:30pm
Mon Aug 31, 2009
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Southern Illinois Utility Pushes Cap-And-Trade Falsehoods

Energy

Fairfield-based Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative provides electricity to thousands of Illinoisans in 11 downstate counties. Similar to other energy co-ops in Illinois, they are also fearmongering about the effects of a proposed congressional cap-and-trade bill. ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:15am
Mon Aug 31, 2009
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Fox Chicago Gives Big Oil A Platform To Bash Cap-And-Trade

Energy

Yesterday, Fox Chicago Sunday devoted one of its three segments to an interview on cap-and-trade legislation with David Sykuta of the Illinois Petroleum Council.  Here's how they teased it: "The people who put gas in your car say Illinois residents are in for a major ...

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by Adam Doster
4:35pm
Mon Aug 17, 2009
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Cap-And-Trade: A Boon To Coal-Fired Power Plants?

Environment

The climate change bill that passed the House in June is not perfect. One of its weaknesses is that dirty coal-fired power plants will get heavy subsidies in exchange for votes from Midwestern Democrats representing coal-heavy districts. Specifically, the 5 percent share ...

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by Josh Kalven
12:31pm
Thu Aug 6, 2009
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2010 Grab Bag: Hynes In, Giannoulias Way Up In Poll, Kirk Sorry About Tweets

IL-U.S. Senate

The latest from the 2010 electoral landscape ... Illinois Governor The Sun-Times' Abdon Pallasch reports today that Comptroller Dan Hynes "will be sending out a letter to supporters today confirming he is running for governor," adding: "He comes into ...